Color Love 101

Well everyone....I'm off on yet another adventure with Joanne Sharpe and her online classes. We are now on the roll with "Color Love 101". I'm telling you...if you are looking for a fun and fabulous class to use your stash of art supplies in a new and exciting way...this class is for you. 

Below illustrates our first assignment....design the cover page for your art journal.

First sample, NOT my fave....done in a mixed media journal....not the effect I wanted...but here goes. 

In the next sample, (140lb watercolor journal- much better) I happened to use Tombow markers (my new absolute fave), inktense pencils (ink in pencil form that is activated with water...sooooooo cool!), some gel pens and my trusty ol friend: micron .05. ...so much better! 

Stay tuned for more exciting posts and pics of the FUN things we are doing. You are gonna love love LOOOOOOOOOVE it! Thanks for stopping by. Hope you're having a great summer!


 

Dewey Beach Arts Fest 2012

My fabulous Art colleague Kelly has worked so hard this year making the first annual Dewey Beach Arts Festival happen. She graciously extended an invitation for my students art work to be on display...so here are some pictures I took yesterday. Enjoy! I am so very proud of my students. I have a few more pictures to display, but they include actual photos of the student in their artwork, and without previous parental permission, I do not feel comfortable showing them....but just so you know...they totally ROCK too!

   

...finally back up and running (heavy sigh)

Well, I can now finally "celebrate"....I am finally back up and running!!!!!!! I have been trying to post since the beginning of April and got the boot from my blogspot for some unknown reason. But low and behold, my fabulous and amazing friend Elaine walked me through it...helped me trouble shoot my way through it....and BAM.....back in action baby!!! whoot whoot!

Above is a little piece I recently completed in my online lettering class "Artful Alphabets" with Joanne Sharpe. I will post many more pieces later this week. But I just have to tell you....if you are looking to take a fun, enjoyable, informative...did I mention FUN class......THIS is the class for you!!! It's my 2nd online class with her and it's just so much fun. It's all self paced, video or pdf style set ups...post work to flickr and facebook...and chat away. It is truly alot of fun! Our group is hysterical and so encouraging.....seriously, if you are thinking about taking an online class to test the waters...THIS IS IT!

This is her follow up class to "Letter Love 101"....AND she has yet a NEW class on "color" coming this summer. Just head on over to whimspirations and check her out. When I figure out how to actually attach a link...I'll be sure to do that!

This weekend I'm taking a seminar "Art Biz Lift" with Alyson Stanfield. I am really looking forward to learning how to take my hobby to a profitable career. Just thinking ahead....only 8 more years until I can retire from teaching...so I need something to keep me off the streets and still be able to afford art supplies. So be sure to check her out as well......(again, will add links when I can figure it all out).

Ok my lovelies....I'm off to bed to read the 3rd book of the very naughty and steamy "50 shades of grey" trilogy. ( HIGHLY recommended, BTW). For those of you that are a bit "challenged" in making it through some of the parts....hang in there.....it really unravels nicely and turns out to be quite good! So put your big girl panties on.....grab a martini or a pair of handcuffs....and enjoy! Laters, LOL.

alphabet

Finally finished the 2nd half of an alphabet I had started before Christmas. 

Apparently I had forgotten the "N"...lol. Had to add it after the fact. Photo quality in M-Z rather poor. Will need to re do in better light with my camera and not my iphone....but ya know, I sometimes just get so excited when I complete a work of art that I can't wait to share it! Getting ready for Joanne Sharpe's "Artful Alphabet" class starting in a few days! Can't wait.....miss my friends from Letter Love class! smooches!

 A few better shots close up....enjoy

a few more quotes for my journal

Just a few more pages of quotes to add to my journal. Haven't had much time lately to keep up on everything. So in the meantime...enjoy. thanks for stopping by. 

 

 

text box for "success and belief" were cut out of scraps of painted paper sprayed with blick liquid watercolors. Lettering done with black pitt brush pen. Highlights done with white gel pen. Background paper had been painted by scraping acrylic paint around with cardboard...then dot stencils were sponge painted with acrylic paint. Rest of the quote was written directly onto the painted paper using a prismacolor black marker thin tip. "Size" outlined with white gel pen (sakura gel roller).

Pitt Pen brush directly on painted page. White Sakura Gel Roll pen for white dots...cool grey copic for shadow.

"creativity" cut out of separate painted paper and glued down. Shadow added with black copic brush pen. Highlights added with Bic correction pen. Remaining lettering written directly on the page with black prismacolor marker. Highlight with white gel pen.

Base lines for writing were thin strips cut from scraps of painted paper and glued down All black lettering done with black pitt brush pen. Highlights done with white gel pen. sakura moonlight pens were used to add colored outlines around "future", Believe, Beauty and Dreams". Aqua Souffle pen used to make swirls inside "future".  (sadly not my favorite page....poor quality of picture too...hope to get better at photography too!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Progress

Making progress on my "Letter Loved" Journal. 

For those of you not following, this is an online course I have been taking with Joanne Sharpe. The final assignment is to create a journal using various techniques we learned in our class. I am using a collection of my favorite quotes as the theme. 
To create emphasis on the key words of the quote, I am cutting the word out of contrasting painted papers. In addition, I am also using a black copic brush pen for the cast shadow, as well as a bic correction pen for the highlights. 
The rest of the quote is written directly on the painted paper with a black pitt pen and highlighted with a white gel roller pen. 

2 page spread as you open the journal

"your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions"-Albert Einstein

"Live with Passion"- Tony Robbins

          

              "Be the change you wish to see in the World"- Ghandi

The text box for "change" was cut out of a separate painted paper, lettered on, then glued onto background page. The rectangle was then outlined with black to create further emphasis for the word. All other words were written directly onto the painted page. 
...so far....so good.

Letter Loved pages

Enjoy the close up pictures of my "Letter Loved Journal" pages.